Yak 42 due out very soon

Post by **Garry Russell** » 27 Mar 2007, 01:44

I always thought the glazed noses were for navigation purposes over the huge, sparse Siberian type terrain where there were few if any aids or even features at times.

Maybe someone has another theory :think:

Garry

Paul K · Post by **Paul K** » 27 Mar 2007, 02:08

Yep, that could be a reason Gary. Thing is, there are precious few visual landmarks out there to use for pilotage. German army units often had to use sextants to determine their location on the Eastern front in WW2, such is the featureless nature of that part of the world.

Post by **Garry Russell** » 27 Mar 2007, 02:51

You would need all the view you can get in a place like that. :think:

I was reading somewhere recently about how in the early days of post war BOAC crews sometimes preferered to fly across deserts and such at night as at least they had the stars.

A few degrees out and you could run out of fuel miles from anywhere.

Hard to imagine now with GPS and the like

Garry

Paul K · Post by **Paul K** » 27 Mar 2007, 03:16

Garry Russell wrote:You would need all the view you can get in a place like that. :think:

I was reading somewhere recently about how in the early days of post war BOAC crews sometimes preferered to fly across deserts and such at night as at least they had the stars.

A few degrees out and you could run out of fuel miles from anywhere.

Hard to imagine now with GPS and the like

Garry

GPS is the IPod of Beelzebub!!! :curse:

Trust only VOR and NDB, for they are your friends.

ravilamir · Post by **ravilamir** » 27 Mar 2007, 13:44

Garry Russell wrote:I always thought the glazed noses were for navigation purposes over the huge, sparse Siberian type terrain where there were few if any aids or even features at times.

Maybe someone has another theory :think:

Garry

Garry
You are right! Also it seems to me that it was an economy of space to locate there the navigator!

Ricardo

Myles · Post by **Myles** » 27 Mar 2007, 14:57

I have to say I like the idea of supersonic Soviet paras, Paul.

Best
Myles

Post by **Garry Russell** » 27 Mar 2007, 16:17

Hello Ricardo

Welcome to the forum.

Thanks for that

...must be quite a view in the nose rather than stuck behind a couple of pilots.

Garry

Motormouse · Post by **Motormouse** » 27 Mar 2007, 17:32

Paul K wrote:
Motormouse wrote:be sure to get the Tu126 (Moss) awacs plane too

ttfn

Pete
Yep, getting that next, Pete. Never knew about the site until this thread. Some really great models there. :dance:

Did I mention it comes with an interesting scenery package of flying Mya 4 'Bison' tankers that you can actually flight refuel from?

ttfn

Pete

ravilamir · Post by **ravilamir** » 27 Mar 2007, 18:30

Garry Russell wrote:Hello Ricardo

Welcome to the forum.

Thanks for that ...must be quite a view in the nose rather than stuck behind a couple of pilots.

Garry

Yes indeed it is!

Cheers
Ricardo

ravilamir · Post by **ravilamir** » 27 Mar 2007, 18:34

Motormouse wrote:
Paul K wrote:
Motormouse wrote:be sure to get the Tu126 (Moss) awacs plane too

ttfn

Pete
Yep, getting that next, Pete. Never knew about the site until this thread. Some really great models there. :dance:
Did I mention it comes with an interesting scenery package of flying Mya 4 'Bison' tankers that you can actually flight refuel from?

ttfn

Pete

I didn't know that!
How do you get the scenery to work? I mean where is it (geographically).

Ricardo